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[[Image:SkopsWakesUp.png|thumb|316px|none|Mr Skops is angry at being woken]]

He is first encountered asleep on the other side of a fiery pit covered with spiky platforms. [[Rayman]] finds himself in front of the sleeping Mr Skops who, angry at being woken, attacks him.

[[Image:SkopsFrappeSol.png|thumb|316px|none|Mr Skops thumping the ground]]

He attacks by throwing his claw, which Rayman must jump over as it sails part him, and again as it returns to its owner. Mr Skops also strikes the ground with his claw, causing the platforms which Rayman stands on to fall into the lava below, one by one.

[[Image:SkopsApproche.png|thumb|316px|none|Mr Skops looking for Rayman]]

When all platforms are gone, Rayman must grab the edge of the platform Mr Skops is standing on to avoid his attacks, and then jump back onto the platform when he thumps the ground. Mr Skops then runs away, while causing lava to rise in an attempt to kill Rayman. He also demonstrates his ability to shoot energy balls from his tail, which destroy platforms.

[[Image:SkopsTire.png|thumb|316px|none|Mr Skops firing energy balls]]

Then, Rayman has a one-on-one battle with Mr Skops, in which he must dodge his claw and punch his energy balls back at him. When has only one [[Resistance|health point]] left, he moves forward, making his last attacks much harder to dodge.

[[Image:SkopsTire0.png|thumb|316px|none|Mr Skops about to fire an energy ball]]

Once beaten, Mr Skops falls to pieces.

[[Image:SkopsBattu.png|thumb|316px|none|Mr Skops falling to pieces]]

==Early version of the game==

[[Image:Rayman-snes.jpg|thumb|500px|right|An extract from an article about [[Rayman (early production)#Super Nintendo Entertainment System version|the cancelled SNES version]] of ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]''. The bottom-right screenshot shows a battle with an early version of Mr Skops.]]

Some pieces of advertisement from the game, as well as the packaging of some versions, bear a screenshot which shows [[Rayman]] battling Mr Skops in [[the Dream Forest]] rather than in [[the Caves of Skops]]. It is not known if this screenshot was created solely for the purpose of marketing, or if this scenario actually existed in any early version of the game. Neither of the [[Rayman (early production)|leaked Atari Jaguar prototypes]] contain any trace of this battle, although they differ from [[Rayman 1|the final version]] in numerous other ways.

==Image gallery==

<td valign="top">[[Image:PalissadeSkops.png|frame|Mr Skops makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Rayman Junior]]'', as an engraving on a wooden palisade.]]</td>

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